Greensboro College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Greensboro College

Greensboro College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 708 students of which 903 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Greensboro College is categorized as “20” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 70.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $17,882, with published in-state tuition of $21,000 and a Pell grant recipient share of 46.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,607, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 43.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 65.9%. Graduates earn a median of $46,566 ten years after enrolling, compared with $36,462 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 71300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 59.3% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.